Qualitätswein mit Prädikat (QmP)

Translated as “quality wine with specific attributes,” this is the top level of German wines. In the traditional German system, QmP wines prominently display a ripeness level on the wine label (from kabinett up to trockenbeerenauslese) and a sweetness level, from dry (trocken) to extremely sweet. Unlike QbA wines, QmP wines may not be chaptalized. QmP wines must be produced from allowed grape varieties in one of the 39 subregions (bereich) of one of the 13 wine-growing regions, although it is the region rather than the subregion which is mandatory information on the label.

Which Eastern European country makes a wine known as Bull’s Blood?

A. Hungary

B. Bulgaria

C. Turkey

D. Romania

One of the most popular well known dry reds of Hungary is Egri Bikavér—bull’s blood of Eger. It is made primarily from the kékfrankos and kadarka grapes, grown in Eger. The legend behind the wine dates back to the mid-1500s when the fortress of Eger, which belonged to the Magyars (ancestors to modern Hungarians), was besieged by the Turks. The Magyars (men, women and reportedly, even children) fought fiercely, drinking huge amounts of red wine in the process. As the story goes, when the Turks encountered the Magyars’ ferocious fighting skills and saw their red-stained faces, they retreated, fearing that the Magyars attained their prowess by drinking the blood of bulls.

“Given the speed of M&A activity in the last decade alone, it’s not difficult to imagine that within another 50 years Napa Valley’s winery ownership may have shifted starkly and permanently away from families.”

—Ester Mobley, writing in the San Francisco Chronicle 6/30/2022, on the sale earlier that week of Joseph Phelps Vineyards to Möet Hennessy Louis Vuitton

—Ester Mobley, writing in the San Francisco Chronicle 6/30/2022, on the sale earlier that week of Joseph Phelps Vineyards to Möet Hennessy Louis Vuitton

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